Advancers

Athenahealth
ATHN, -1.71%
shares surged 22%. The software provider for the medical industry reported third-quarter earnings of 11 cents a share, compared with 3 cents a share in the same quarter last year. Read details on Athenahealth results.

BJ’s Restaurants Inc.
BJRI, -2.42%
shares advanced 17%. The company said late Thursday that its third-quarter profit nearly doubled to 20 cents a share from 12 cents a share a year earlier.

Clarient
CLRT
shares jumped 33%. General Electric Co.
GE, +1.35%
said its GE Healthcare unit will acquire Clarient in a deal that values the cancer-diagnostics company at about $580 million. Read about the GE deal.

EasyLink Services International
ESIC
shares climbed 21%. The global messaging-service provider said it swung to a fourth-quarter profit of 39 cents a share from a loss of 13 cents in the same period last year.

Fortinet Inc.
FTNT, -0.67%
shares soared 19%. The network-security-appliances company said its third-quarter earnings nearly doubled to 18 cents a share from 10 cents a share in the year-earlier period.

Riverbed Technology Inc.
RVBD
shares were up 18%, after the information-technology company reported a rise in third-quarter profit and a 45% jump in revenue. The company also set a 2-for-1 stock split. Read news on Riverbed.

Schlumberger
SLB, +0.11%
shares rose more than 5.4% after the oil-service giant reported its third-quarter profit more than doubled on an increase in North American drilling activity. Read more on Schlumberger.

Decliners

Conn’s Inc.
CONN, -1.54%
shares skidded 22%. The specialty electronics retailer said it faces challenges with same-store sales down 16% in August and September. Read details of Conn’s challenges.

Edac Technologies Corp.
EDAC
shares slumped 15% after the company reported flat quarterly earnings. Earlier Friday, Edac said it earned 2 cents a share in the third quarter, unchanged from the same period last year.

Leggett & Platt
LEG, -0.42%
shares dropped about 9%. The diversified manufacturer reported a 13% profit decline for the latest quarter and lowered the top end of its earnings view for the rest of the year. Read details on Leggett’s outlook.

Scientific Learning Corp.
SCIL, +4.20%
shares tanked 17%. The provider of technologies for accelerated learning said it swung to a loss of 4 cents a share in the third quarter from a profit of 35 cents a share in the year-earlier period.

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